Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-02-03

WnlCn was only nall payment,
they were paid the other half some
time ago.
The Parsons & Pacific Railway
are sending out several car loads Of
cattle daily this week. They have
taken out eighteen cars. Twelve
went to Kansas City and six were
sent to Chicago. -Coffeyville Ex.
Not to be outdone by other towns
in her section Southwest City folks
have discovered gold in rock taken
out of a well. G.. w. Corum, the
hotel man, who is an old miner, in
sists that the metal found is GER
tainly gold.
A car load of powder exploded at
Ft. Scott Tuesday of last week f,
killing the brakeman who was
attempting 10 couple the cars and
demolishing a train of about 20
cars. The shock was 80 severe
that about 5000 worth Of window
glass was broken in the city. II
was giant powder and was evident.
ly exploded by the concussion of
the cars coming together.
Chetopa Advance:-A $4,000
Methodist college has been located
az Vinita, l. T. Vinita begins to
assume educational proportions
which might cause larger towns in
the states TO be envious. 4 Mrs.
Eta Burns and daughter, Miss
Lille, Of Vinita, sister and niece of
DR.. /. ID. Hitchcock, came up last
week for a visit with DR.. II. and
the family Of DR.. Latta.
Train agents were placed upon
all passenger trains on the Atchi-
son January 1st. Their duty is TO
collect fares and take tickets, taxi
ing the handling of moneys out of
the conductors hands. Instead of
the conductors Tipping a quarter
at the bell rope to see who will
keep the money, himself OF the
railroad company, they will have
to flip with the train agents.
Fort Smith Exchange:-The city
is taking measures towards bridg-
ing the Arkansas river at this
point. Congress will at once be
asked to grant a charter. II 4 4
The track on the Frisco extension
was on Saturday last completed to
point AZ miles from Fort Smith
in the Choctaw nation, and on Sun
day the entire force of track-layers
was brought back to the tunnel for
the purpose Of laying the track over
the Hackett City branch, dis
tance of two and a quarter miles,
on which work began Monday
morning and the track is now laid.
Chetopa Statesman: - Another
fire devastated a small section of
the nation a few miles south of
this city on Thursday last. 1t ex-
tended from Cabin creek to the
Neosho river and inflicted a great
deal of damage. Two farms on
Big Timber Hill were burned over
and fences, etc., destroyed. A large
quantity of hay on Cabin. creek was
burned, Messrs. Nottingham,
Parks and Frogley each losing
about one hundred dollars worth.
Mr.. Mills on the Neosho bottom
lost large amount Of fencing and
sustained other. damage. Other
persons whose names have not
been reported have sustained loss
es. # 4 4 Politics in the Cherokee
nation are warming up pretty live
ly, considering the season and that
the election does not take place un-
til August next. Rabbit Bunch,
one of the candidates for chiei, is
just now being hard pressed by his
opponents, and some very damag-
ing accusations are ma de against
him.
Parsons Sun:-Conductor Ira
Campbell of the Missouri Pacific,
II is said has gone raving insane on
account of the death of his wife,
who was killed in the wreck near
McAllister last Sunday, and he
will probably have to be taken to
the asylum. A train man belong
ing to one of the trains wrecked, in
speaking of the dreadful occur
renee, says that if Mrs. Campbell
had followed her husband and
jumped off of the caboose, as he
expected her to do when he seized
their baby from her arms, she
would have been saved, but when
she got TO the caboose door the
train was moving so fast that she
feared to jump and hesitated a
moment and drew back. In an
other instant the engine OF the
second section crashed into the
car and the poor woman was
ground to pieces before her
screams had died out of the air.
She was dragged on the track and
mangled in the most shocking
manner. She was a bright, hand
some young woman and was mar
ried to Conductor Campbell a little
over a year ago.
Arkansas City Traveler:-Frank
Hale came TO town on Saturday.
He and his brother have just com
pleted their two mile contract on
the Southern Kansas road, and
have now contracted to grade mile
l5l, which lies on the south side
Of the South Canadian, and within
21-3 miles of the Southern Kansas
terminus. The Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe road, which starts
from Gainesville, meets the South
ern Kansas on the Walnut bottom